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Tackey And Tsubasa
were a Japanese idol duo consisting of Hideaki Takizawa and Tsubasa Imai from the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates. Takizawa, nicknamed "Tackey" (sometimes spelled as its literal romanization, ), is best known for his drama works, and Tsubasa for his dancing ability. They have also been musically successful with hit singles such as "Venus" and "Yume Monogatari". Their works are produced by Avex Trax. Career Pre-debut Before their debut, Tackey and Tsubasa were the top "Juniors" in the Johnny & Associates, a company which specializes in male teen idols led by Johnny Kitagawa. They started out as backdancers for better known teen idols in their label such as KinKi Kids (who also had not yet debuted at the time) in 1995, when both were 13 years old. They have hosted the Japanese variety shows, ''Gakibara Teikoku 2000'' and ''Music Enta''. Besides hosting, the two have starred together in dramas such as, ''Kaiki Club Ghost Stories'' and ''Genroku Ryoran''.Initially, both o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002. The charts are compiled from data drawn from some 39,700 retail outlets (as of April 2011) and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in ''Oricon Style'' by subsidiary Oricon Entertainment Inc. The group also lists panel survey-based popularity ratings for television commercials on its official website. Oricon started publishing Combined Chart, which includes CD sales, digital sales, and streaming together, on December 19, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X (Dame)/Crazy Rainbow
is Tackey & Tsubasa's eighth single under the Avex Trax label and is their first single for 2007. Overview "Dame/Crazy Rainbow" is Tackey & Tsubasa's eighth single and their first single for 2007. The first a-side song, "Dame", is being used as the commercial theme song for the music service sites "Joy Sound", "dwango.jp", and "nusic.jp". The second a-side song, "Crazy Rainbow", was used as the eighth opening theme song for the anime One Piece. As with their other singles, "Dame/Crazy Rainbow" was released in three different versions, each version coming with a different cover, along with different limited bonus material. Version A of the CD included a limited edition DVD with music clips of "Dame" and "Crazy Rainbow", and choreography lessons for the song "Dame". The B Version of the single included a limited DVD with the eighth opening theme song of "One Piece", a twelve-page photo booklet, and a "One Piece" sticker. Track listing CD+DVD Format - Jacket A CD Portion # "" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ho! Summer
"Ho! Summer" is a single by Tackey & Tsubasa. "Ho! Summer" is Tackey & Tsubasa's seventh single under the Avex Trax label, and is their first single to be dedicated to summer. The regular version of the CD came with a bonus track, the limited version came with a special key ring, and the CD+DVD version came with a DVD with choreography for the song "Ho! Summer". The main track was used as the theme song for the drama "Gakincho: Return Kids" from July 31, 2006 to September 29, 2006. The Tsubasa solo song, "Mihatenu Yume", was used as the House Commodity "Dongari Corn" commercial song. The limited edition song, "Michi", was used as the image song for "Kawai Juku". Sample of the translated lyrics: :Love is surfing, to the summer color Yeah! Yeah! :The season of being barefoot, let the light shine on you! :Love surfing, someone definitely call me darling, please! :The sun's shower :Please, please, me Yeah! Track listing Regular CD Format - Jacket C # "" (Hitoshi Haneda) - 4:06 # "Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus (Tackey And Tsubasa Song)
"Venus" is Tackey & Tsubasa's sixth single under the Avex Trax label. Overview "Venus" is Tackey & Tsubasa's sixth single, and currently their best selling single, reaching the 300,000 copies sold mark. The a-side song "Venus" was used in commercials for the ringtone service site, Mu-Mo. The b-side song "Kimi no Na wo Yobitai" was used as the ending theme for the TBS show "Zubari Iu wa yo." The other b-side song "Never Ever" was used as the opening theme song for the anime "Capeta." Sample of the translated lyrics: :Burn, Venus, hotly, Venus :Your eyes scorch my heart :Love is a long silk road :And if I hesitate, you'll want to forget me :Feel, Venus, hotly, Venus :Show me a wind like that of a storm :You know the answer :Let loose the sparkling of your love Track listing Regular CD Format # "Venus" (Hitoshi Haneda) - 4:11 # "" (Takizawa Hideaki) (Mikio Sakai, Hideyuki Obata) - 5:39 # "Never Ever" (Imai Tsubasa) (Kazuko Kobayashi, Shunsuke Yazaki) - 4:23 # "Venus: Korean Version" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serenade (Tackey & Tsubasa Song)
"Serenade" is Tackey & Tsubasa's fourth single under the Avex Trax label. Overview Serenade is Tackey & Tsubasa's fourth single, and currently their lowest selling and lowest ranking single. The a-side song "Serenade" was used as the Olympus "μDigital" commercial song. The other song "Starry Sky" is Tackey & Tsubasa's first Christmas themed song. Sample of the translated lyrics: :Don't cry...serenade :In the sky that has begun to shine, is a red melody :Riding on a promise of love :Shine...serenade :Fireworks dance with music :With a kiss for you, it will never die :Only you..., those days... :With a surreal love, in reality :Serenade Track listing Regular CD Format # "" (Hitoshi Haba) - 4:58 # "Starry Sky" (Mikiko Tagata, Junkoo) - 5:01 # "Queen of R" (Hideyuki Obata, Ayumi Miyazaki) - 3:59 # "Serenade: karaoke" - 4:59 # "Starry Sky: karaoke" - 5:01 Limited CD Format # "" (Hitoshi Haba) - 4:58 # "Starry Sky" (Mikiko Tagata, Junkoo) - 5:01 # "Serenade: Takizawa Part Version" - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Day, One Dream
"One Day, One Dream" is Tackey & Tsubasa's third single under the Avex Trax label. This is the third retail single for their 2wenty 2wo album. Overview The a-side song "One Day, One Dream" was used as the 5th opening theme song to the anime ''InuYasha''. The b-side "Deep into Blue" was used as the House Commodity "Dongari Corn" commercial song. The other b-side "Arugamama" was TBS TV "Golden Muscle" ending theme song. Sample of the translated lyrics: : (You can now, dream) :Brandishing a brave dream : (Go in and try) :a forcible try and repeating worries :You move toward the endless days too : (Do you need to cry?) :Do we cry identically? Loneliness too : (Show me, a day, fight) :Fight up front, and every time you cry, :become steady with your dream Track listing Regular CD Format # "One Day, One Dream" (Hideyuki Obata, Kei Yoshikawa) - 4:24 # "Deep into Blue" (Imai Tsubasa) (Batu Bulan, Tetsuhiko Suzuki, Tomoji Sogawa) - 4:22 # "" (Takizawa Hideaki) (Sumiyo Mutsumi, Masatoshi S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yume Monogatari
"Yume Monogatari" is Tackey & Tsubasa's second single under the Avex Trax, avex trax label. This is the second retail single for their 2wenty 2wo album. Overview "" is the second single released by Japanese pop duo Tackey & Tsubasa. The a-side song "Yume Monogatari" was used as the Olympus "μDigital" commercial song. The b-side "Kaze no Uta" was used as House Commodity "Dongari Corn" commercial song. The other b-side "It's Only Dream" was TBS TV "Golden Muscle" ending theme song. To add to that, the last b-side, which is "Hitonatsu no..." was used as TBS TV "USO!? Japan" ending theme song. Sample of the translated lyrics: :You are a flower of love, I am a flower of romance :Seizing time, shaking :A tale of the moon, a tale of the stars, I continued to pray :You are a trap of love, I am a trap of romance; seizing everything, we'll sleep :A tale of the wind, a tale of a dream, an illusion that won't fade Track listing Regular CD Format # "" (Hitoshi Haba) - 4:31 # "" (Imai Tsubasa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Language
is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic or Japanese- Ryukyuan language family. There have been many attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as the Ainu, Austroasiatic, Koreanic, and the now-discredited Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), there was a massive influx of Sino-Japanese vocabulary into the language, affecting the phonology of Early Middle Japanese. Late Middle Japanese (1185–1600) saw extensive grammatical changes and the first appearance of European loanwords. The basis of the standard dialect moved f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romaji
The romanization of Japanese is the use of Latin script to write the Japanese language. This method of writing is sometimes referred to in Japanese as . Japanese is normally written in a combination of logographic characters borrowed from Chinese (kanji) and syllabic scripts (kana) that also ultimately derive from Chinese characters. There are several different romanization systems. The three main ones are Hepburn romanization, Kunrei-shiki romanization (ISO 3602) and Nihon-shiki romanization (ISO 3602 Strict). Variants of the Hepburn system are the most widely used. Romanized Japanese may be used in any context where Japanese text is targeted at non-Japanese speakers who cannot read kanji or kana, such as for names on street signs and passports and in dictionaries and textbooks for foreign learners of the language. It is also used to transliterate Japanese terms in text written in English (or other languages that use the Latin script) on topics related to Japan, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
